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| Unions: Gov. using scare tactics |
| By The Providence Journal |
| Published: 01/30/2008 |
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RHODE ISLAND - Union leaders yesterday accused Governor Carcieri of trying to “frighten” 3,143 state workers eligible to retire into leaving state government before July 1 to avoid having to pay more — and in some cases, the full tab — for their post-retirement health coverage. They hurled words such as “devastating” and “betrayal” at Carcieri’s attempts to cut the taxpayer cost of this retiree health benefit by $9.8 million. They described his proposal to allow state retirees to return to the state payroll without giving up their pensions — a practice that was outlawed in the early 1990s — as a thinly veiled attempt to head off chaos across state government if Carcieri drives state employees out in droves. Within the Department of Corrections alone, union chief Richard Ferruccio said 173 employees are now, or soon will be, eligible to retire, which would “create a very serious situation” at the state prison if they all left at once. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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